United States · Bill · S
S. 297 (114th)
Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015
Introduced
28 January 2015
Last action
3 June 2015 · Committee
Status
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-201.
Sponsors
Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC], Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Subjects
Healthcare, Defence
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to revive, for a three-year period, VA's Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program that was carried out between January 2013 and February 2014. Requires VA to: (1) expand the pilot program to include at least 250 intermediate care technicians, and (2) give priority in assigning those technicians to VA facilities at which veterans have the longest wait times. Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer credentialing data regarding DOD health care providers that are hired by VA to VA. Authorizes VA to allow a covered nurse to practice independently, without the supervision or direction of others, under a set of VA-approved privileges, regardless of the state in which VA employs the covered nurse. Defines a "covered nurse" as an advanced practice registered nurse who is employed by VA as: (1) a nurse midwife; (2) a clinical nurse specialist, with respect to the provision of mental health care; or (3) a nurse practitioner.
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Timeline
28 January 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
28 January 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
3 June 2015
Committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-201.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 28 January 2015 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssva00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/297
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/297
- us · 114-s-297 · source updated 5 December 2025